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US 11,598,249 B1Granted
Methods and systems for multi-fuel engine
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsThomas Michael Lavertu, Adam Edgar Klingbeil, Eric Dillen
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for adjusting a speed of a turbocharger compressor using an electric motor in response to a relative substitution rate of first and second fuels in a multi-fuel engine.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- adjusting an electric motor output or an engine output to control a speed of a compressor in response to a fuel substitution rate of a multi-fuel engine.
A system, comprising:
- a first fuel system configured to supply a first fuel and coupled to a direct injector positioned to inject directly into a volume of a cylinder of an engine;
- a second fuel system configured to supply a second fuel and coupled to a port-fuel injector positioned to inject into an intake port of the cylinder, and the second fuel is different than the first fuel;
- a turbocharger having a turbine and a compressor;
- and
- a controller comprising computer-readable instructions stored on non-transitory memory thereof that when executed cause the controller to:
- compare a current substitution rate and a desired substitution rate of the first fuel and the second fuel;
- and
- adjust a speed of the turbocharger in response to the current substitution rate not matching the desired substitution rate.
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A propulsion system for a vehicle, comprising:
- an engine comprising a cylinder;
- a first fuel system containing a first fuel and coupled to a direct injector positioned to inject directly into a volume of the cylinder;
- a second fuel system containing a second fuel and coupled to a port-fuel injector positioned to inject into an intake port of the cylinder, and the second fuel is different than the first;
- an electric turbocharger comprising an electric motor, a turbine and a compressor;
- and
- a controller comprising computer-readable instructions stored on non-transitory memory thereof that when executed cause the controller to adjust or maintain a substitution rate of the first fuel relative to the second fuel based at least in part on a highest available rotational speed of the compressor independent of rotational assistance from the electric motor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.